Sandgrouse 22 1

Sandgrouse is published by OSME and contains papers and short notes on the ornithology of the OSME region, provides bird and conservation news from the region and a comprehensive round up of bird sightings in the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Sandgrouse Volume 22 (1) Spring 2000

Sandgrouse Cover 22 (1)

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea, taken by Hanne & Jens Eriksen at Al Ansab, Oman.

2OSME NEWS
  
2NEWS AND INFORMATION
  
5REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION
  
6Why has Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala invaded Cyprus?
 VIC COZENS, PETER STEWART AND DEREK POMEROY
10Jezreel Valley, Israel – more than just raptors
 HADORAM SHIRIHAI AND JAMES P. SMITH
12PROFILE Dr. Omar Al-Sagheir
 DEREK HARVEY
12TURKEY BIRD REPORT
 Edited by G.M. KIRWAN AND R.P. MARTINS
36A baseline survey of Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni in south-east Kazakstan, April – May 1997
 STEPHEN J. PARR, SERGEI SKLYARENKO, SERGEI BROKHOVICH, JANE BROOKHOUSE, PAUL N. COLLIN AND BORJA HEREDIA
44Is Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala displacing Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax in Cyprus?
 DEREK POMEROY AND FRANK WALSH
50Range expansion and current breeding distribution of River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis in Bulgaria
 DIMITAR N. NANKINOV
55The status of Great Bustard Otis tarda in Iran
 HAMID AMINI TAREH
61PHOTOSPOT Dead Sea Sparrow in Turkey
 G. M. KIRWAN AND R. P. MARTINS
64The impact of drought conditions on the winter distribution and population of Syrian Serin Serinus syricaus in south-west Jordan
 DR FARES KHOURY
67The first Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris in Egypt and the Western Palearctic
 RICHARD HOATH
68The first Namaqua Dove Oena capensis in Cyprus
 CHRIS AND DENISE LAMSDELL
69The first Common Myna Acridotheres tristis in Egypt
 LINDA MILLINGTON
71Interesting ornithological observations from Yemen in spring 1998
 PHIL HANSBORO AND DAVE SARGEANT
74The limits of the Western Palearctic
 MAGNUS ULLMAN
76REVIEWS & RECENT LITERATURE
  
78AROUND THE REGION
 Compiled by CHRIS G. BRADSHAW
Editor:Guy M. Kirwan
Features EditorDerek Harvey
Assistant EditorIan J. Andrews
Editorial CommitteeMikael Blair, Paul Goriup, Ben Hoare, Mike Jennings, Rodney Martins, Peter L. Meininger & Dr Stephen Newton
Photographic EditorPaul Doherty
Design & ProductionHarry I. Scott
Identification ConsultantsC. G. Bradshaw, Arnoud B. den Berg & Steve Madge